Removable bezel and safety glass for television receivers



26, 1954 A. EISENKRAMER 2,592,983

REMOVABLE BEZEL AND SAFETY GLASS FOR TELEVISION RECEIVERS Filed Dec. 28 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ARTHUR EISENKRAMER ATTORNEY Oct. 26, 1954 A. EISENKRAMER 2,692,983

REMOVABLE BEZEL AND SAFETY GLASS FOR TELEVISION RECEIVERS Filed Dec. 28, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I NVENTOR ARTHUR EISENKRAMER ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 26, 1954 REMOVABLE BEZEL AND SAFETY GLASS F OR TELEVISION RECEIVERS Arthur Eisenkramer, Westbury, N. Y., assignor to Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 28, 1951, Serial No. 263,824

7 Claims.

The present invention relates to television receivers and particularly to a removable bezel ring and safety glass for television receivers.

It is the present practice to provide television receivers with a safety glass which lies in front of the cathode ray tube in order to assure that any possible implosion of the tube will not result in physical injury to persons observing the receiver or in the vicinity thereof.

In present sets the safety glass is permanently fastened in the receiver cabinet and as a result if the face of the television receivingor cathode ray tube becomes dirtied in any manner, it is necessary to remove either the entire receiver chassis or the cathode ray tube in order to clean the face of the tube.

By my invention this situation is overcome. I provide a bezel ring which is removably fastened to the television cabinet and clips hidden by this ring hold the safety glass in position in front of the cathode ray tube. Therefore, in order to clean the face of the tube it is only necessary to remove the bezel, exposing the clips which can then be turned aside so that the safety glass can be removed and the tube face cleaned.

It is an object of my invention to provide a removable bezel ring and safety glass for a television receiving set.

It is another object of my invention to provide such a removable bezel ring which can be removed quickly and without tools.

It is another object of my invention to provide a television receiver front of the character above-described which may be economically and rapidly manufactured and which may be readily installed in the television receiver.

Other objects and features of the invention will be apparent when the following description is considered in connection with the annexed drawings, in which,

Figure l is a front elevation of a television receiver havin a bezel ring of my invention in place thereon;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the receiver of Figure 1, the view being taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of a portion of Figure 2 showing the details of my bezel ring mounting;

Figure 1. is a fragmentary cross-sectional View taken on the plane of the line i i of Figure 3;

Figure is an enlarged perspective view of one of the bezel ring maintaining clips shown in Fig ures 3 and 4;

Figure 6' is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on the plane of the line i56 of Figure 1 showing particularly the manner in which the safety glass panel is held in position in front of the cathode ray receiving tube;

Figure 7 is an enlarged perspective View of a safety glass retaining clip such as that shown on a smaller scale in Figures 6 and 8;

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view of a modified form of bezel ring and cooperating parts; and

Figure 9 is an enlarged perspective view of a bezel ring retaining clip of the type shown in Figure 8.

Referrin now to the drawings, and particularly to Figures 1 and 2, there is shown at ill a television receiver cabinet of usual form having an opening H in the forward face thereof through which the image on the television receiver tube 92 is to be viewed. In accordance with my invention there is mounted on the inside of the cabinet front a generally rectangular picture tube mask [3 of the usual type used in television receivers, which mask is fastened to the cabinet by wood screws IE or other suitable means to an inwardly projecting lip M on the cabinet. Because this mask is mounted permanently in such a position that only the face of the picture tube is accessible from the outside of the cabinet, accidental contact with any of the electrical or mechanical components of the television receiver while cleaning the picture tube face is completely avoided. As is seen particularly in Figure 6, studs I! extend through the lip E5 of the cabinet in, these studs having clips I8 mounted thereon and held in place by the nuts 2% The usual safety glass panel 2! is held in position between picture tube mask 13 and the clips 18.

A face bezel 22 is provided in order to give the cabinet a finished appearance. In one form of my invention as is shown in Figure 3 this face bezel ring is made of plastic material and has molded therein grooves 23 into which resilient clips 24 of the type shown in Figure 5 are inserted. The edges of the cabinet opening II have notches, such as shown at 25, formed there-- in at spaced points corresponding to the locations of the clips 24, the bezel ring 22 being placed into position by simply inserting the clips 24 in the grooves 23, then pushing the bezel ring into the opening ii, the right hand portions of clips 23, as seen in Figure 3, then springing into the notches 25 in the edges of the face openin and holding the face bezel ring 22 in its adjusted position. If desired a continuous groove may replace notches 25.

thereof. the bezel rings b'e rectangular as described, since ID, is provided with an access notch on either sider thus providing spaces into which fingers may be inserted to permit prying thebezelirmg-ifrom the cabinet. This permits removal of the bezel ring 22 and exposes the nuts 20-? to view. Thesenutsl may then be loosened and the clips W rotated thereby freeing the safety glass panel 2| which.

can then be removed. The facaof the tube is now exposed and may be cleaned.

In Figure 8 there is shown a modification ofthe mode of holding the face bezel ring 22 in place. In thisinstance' an inwardly projecting rim 25' formed integrally'with the plastic ring 22 is providedwithapertures 2? at spaced points therealong. At correspondin points on the edge of cabinet opening H clipsw28- ofthe form shown in Figure 9 are mounted, theclips. being. formed of spring material so that the knee portions 29 thereof bear-against thesides of. the openings 21' and hold thebezelming 22' in position.

In the form of my invention shown in Figure 8 the rearpicture tube-mash. l3 and the -safety glass holders comprising the clips- 18 and studs H and nuts 28 are identical with those shown in Figures 1 through? and are therefore. notagain described;

While I have'descri-bed preferred embodiments of my'invention, it will .be understood that many modifications may be made within the spirit For example,- it is' not necessary that obviously if a roundtu-be-were used and a round picture desired to be framed, thebezel rings would be correspondingly shaped Additionally, of course, the exact shape of the-spring clips 3,2 3 and 29- may be modified "asmay be the-specific form of the bezel rings; I Wish therefore. not to be limited by the foregoing description, but on the contrary solely by theclaimsgranted to -me.-

Whatis claimed is:-

1. Ina television receiver-having a cathode ray tube mountedbehind anvaperture in a cabinet front and a safety glass between thecathode ray tube and an observer thereof, iii-combination, a picture maskin rin afnxed to the cabinet front and abutting the-periphery of the face of thecathode ray tube,-a safety glass, means. cooperating with the cabinet front and said masking ringfor holding said safety glass inplaoe in frontof-the cathode ray tube and a bezel-ring removably fixed to said cabinet in front of said first masking ring, said bezel ring concealin the safety glass holding 4 means, said masking and bezel rings having portions sloping inwardly toward the face of the cathode ray tube, said portions being in alignment whereby said rings appear to be a single ring.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized that said masking ring has portions extending parallel to the plane of said safety glass, and further characterized in that said safety glass holding means comprises stud bolts affixed in the cabinet front, clamping members positioned on said bolts and nuts exerting pressure against said members to clamp the safety glass between said members and said parallel portions 'o-f' said masking ring 3 A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that-saidbezelring is provided with a portion overlying the aperture in the cabinet front, saidf overlying portion being provided with a peripherally extendin groove, said device further comprising; spring, clips pressed into said groove at spaced-points therealongtand. notches. in the periphery of the cabinet front aperture into which :said spring clips are inserted tohold said bezel in-pla'ce.

4, A device as. claimed in claim 3, characterized in-that said spring. clips are provided: with serrated edges whichicooperate Withthe. walls of said peripheral groove in said. bezel .ring to hold said clips permanently in .place. therein.

5. Adevice as claimed in claim 3, characterized in-that saidv spring clips. are provided awith a U -shaped bend atthe rearward. end thereof which bendv enters into said. notches in said cabinet. to thereby hold. the outer, bezel. ringin place.

6. A device as claimed in claim v"i, characterized in that the rimof said bezel-ringis provided with notches in the rearWa-rdly facing. edge thereof to provide for a finger grip in removing said bezel from the cabinet.

'2. Adevice as claimed in. claim 1., characterized in that said bezel ring-is provided with a rim extending over the edge of theaperture in the cabinet front-and is also provided withan inwardly extending fiange,.said flange being provided at spaced pointsv with openings therein and spring clips aflixed tosaid television cabinet front adjacent the aperture therein, said clips being adapted-to cooperate with said openings to clamp said bezel ring in place.

References Cited in thefilei of this patent UNITED' STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,470,620 Jackson May 17, 1949 2,531,537 Simpkiss Nov. 28, 1950 OTHER REFERENCES Rider TelevisionManuaLY? vol. #2, Philcov TV, page 2-150.

Wright Abstract No. 719,175, published August 23, 1949-. 

